
Congratulations to our 3rd nine weeks Honor Roll students! We are so very proud of you! 🍎📚🎉





World Autism Awareness Day! 💙🧩❤️


Happy Paraprofessional Day to all the amazing paras out there! Your support in the classroom, your patience, and your commitment to our students are invaluable. We appreciate you! 🍎📚


2025-2026 Cheer tryouts for grades 4-6 (after school until 4:15)!!!


‼️boys and girls club‼️
There will NO boys and girls club on Tuesday, April 1st!

Hillview Stables visited Cumberland Elementary this past week!! They brought a petting zoo and bird exhibit! This event was hosted by PRI!! 🦜🤍 🦙











Cumberland Elementary first grade students participated in “Space Day” as their culminating project at the end of their astronomy unit. Students participated in various space themed learning stations, launched rockets, painted constellations, and made moon phases with Oreos. They also enjoyed moon pies and rocket popsicles for space snacks. It was a super fun day in first grade! 🪐💫🌎🌙











Kinder Camp at CES July 21-25! See you there future Redskins! 🤍


Game Day!! 🥎


Good luck to our Baseball team!

We are excited to announce the opening of our Harlan County Child Development Center. Our center is housed at James A. Cawood Elementary School. and will provide an exciting educational opportunity for four-year old students. The center opens August 2025. We will share the application process by April 1.


Board of Education approves 2025-2026 School Calendar.


The Harlan County Board of Education revised the school calendar to utilize Monday, February 17th, as a make up day. This was previously designated for no school on Presidents’ Day.
All schools will be in session on Monday, February 17th.

The Harlan County Board of Education believes schools are strengthened when all stakeholders are actively engaged in the education process.
Our Board of Education would like your feedback for a school calendar which supports maximizing consistent instructional time for students, opportunities for professional growth for teachers and increasing student achievement.
Please complete this short 2025-2026 School Calendar survey (link below) by Friday, January 31st at 3 p.m.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyuwAXel30LVuVamPmGlBK9tl6rSbm3d1l0iw_4O_ybdHqaA/viewform?usp=header

The Harlan County Middle School Cheer Competition will be held Friday at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for the public.
Admission is $3. Concessions will be available.
Squads competing are Black Mountain, Cawood, Cumberland, Evarts, James A. Cawood, Rosspoint and Wallins.
Due to an overwhelming response to the competition, we have had to make some adjustments to be sure that we can accommodate the crowd.
We will be utilizing both sides of the gym as opposed to our traditional use of the home side only.
Evarts, Black Mountain, Rosspoint and Cumberland fans should sit on the home side.
Cawood, Wallins and James A. Cawood fans should sit on the visitor’s side.
Cheer squads are judged on a sideline cheer, floor cheer and pom routine. An award will be presented for crowd participation and sportsmanship.
Cheerleaders making honor roll will be recognized for their academic achievement.
This is the eighth year for the competition which funds the Frank Brittain Academic and Athletic Hall of Fame for Harlan County Schools.


The Harlan County Middle School Cheer Competition will be held Friday at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for the public.
Admission is $3. Concessions will be available.
Squads competing are Black Mountain, Cawood, Cumberland, Evarts, James A. Cawood, Rosspoint and Wallins.
Due to an overwhelming response to the competition, we have had to make some adjustments to be sure that we can accommodate the crowd.
We will be utilizing both sides of the gym as opposed to our traditional use of the home side only.
Evarts, Black Mountain, Rosspoint and Cumberland fans should sit on the home side.
Cawood, Wallins and James A. Cawood fans should sit on the visitor’s side.
Cheer squads are judged on a sideline cheer, floor cheer and pom routine. An award will be presented for crowd participation and sportsmanship.
Cheerleaders making honor roll will be recognized for their academic achievement.
This is the eighth year for the competition which funds the Frank Brittain Academic and Athletic Hall of Fame for Harlan County Schools.


We will have NTI Day 9 on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

We will have NTI Day 9 on Wednesday, January 21, 2025.

The 5th/6th Grade tournament will be played tonight at JACES as scheduled.
Wallins vs. Green Hills @ 5:30 p.m.
Cawood vs. Cumberland @ 6:30 p.m.

The Harlan County Elementary Cheer Competition will be held Friday at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for the public.
Admission is $3. Concessions will be available.
Squads competing are Cawood, Cumberland, Evarts, Green Hills and Rosspoint. All teams will compete facing the home side of the gymnasium.
Little Dancers from Rosspoint, Cumberland and Evarts will perform at intermission, along with the Harlan County High School Dance Team will perform.
Cheer squads are judged on a sideline cheer, floor cheer, and pom routine.
Cheerleaders making honor roll will be recognized for their academic achievement.
This is the eighth year for the competition which funds the Frank Brittain Academic and Athletic Hall of Fame for Harlan County Schools.